Full reference: J. A. Herrera-Flores, T. L. Stubbs, A. Elsler and M. J. Benton. 2018. Taxonomic reassessment of Clevosaurus latidens Fraser, 1993 (Lepidosauria, Rhynchocephalia) and rhynchocephalian phylogeny based on parsimony and Bayesian inference. Journal of Paleontology
Parent taxon: Sphenodontia according to J. A. Herrera-Flores et al. 2018
See also Villa et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Diphydontosaurus, Godavarisaurus, Lamarquesaurus, Micromenodon, Opisthias, Parvosaurus, Pelecymala, Planocephalosaurus, Rebbanasaurus, Sauranodonti, Sphenocondor, Tingitana, Whitakersaurus
Subtaxa: Clevosauridae Lanceirosphenodon Microsphenodon Neosphenodontia Opisthiamimus Polysphenodon
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of Canada (6: Nova Scotia), China (2), France (5), Germany (16), Mexico (4), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Wyoming)
• Triassic of Belgium (1), Brazil (3), Germany (1), Luxembourg (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (15), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 61 collections including 73 occurrences